A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1794 · Poem

On Capt. Lascelles


When Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart,Some friends warmly thought of embalming his heart;A bystander whispers—“Pray don’t make so much o’t,The subject is poison, no reptile will touch it.”
Year
1794
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns